Need help with Leafnode/Netscape
I am unable to connect to my Leafnode server from my workstation running Netscape. I an running a server system with Debian hamm and some slink packages advised by security advisories and a workstation with hamm and some slink packages including Netscape 4.06. I have installed and configured Leafnode version 1.4 on my server system. When I try to connect to it from my workstation system I get the following message from Netscape. An error occurred with the News server. If you are unable to connect again, contact the administrator for this server. I find Leafnode itself running on the server by using ps ax | grep leaf* which gives 3120 1 TWN 0.02 (leafnode). Fetch is working since I have a file /var/lib/leafnode/groupinfo full of the group names and there are syslog entries. There is an appropriate entry in /etc/inetd.conf, nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode, and also entries in /etc/hosts.allow that was added by the leafnode install. Any help/suggestions are appreciated. John C. Ellingboe www.guntersville.netbegin: vcard fn: John Ellingboe n: Ellingboe;John org:The Guntersville Conputer Center email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] title: Owner x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: Need help with Leafnode/Netscape
You could try going into /etc/hosts.allow and changing the hostnames for leafnode so that they use numeric values instead (ie change 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1'). HTH Cheers Dave On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 04:03 -0600, John C. Ellingboe wrote: I am unable to connect to my Leafnode server from my workstation running Netscape. I an running a server system with Debian hamm and some slink packages advised by security advisories and a workstation with hamm and some slink packages including Netscape 4.06. I have installed and configured Leafnode version 1.4 on my server system. When I try to connect to it from my workstation system I get the following message from Netscape. An error occurred with the News server. If you are unable to connect again, contact the administrator for this server. I find Leafnode itself running on the server by using ps ax | grep leaf* which gives 3120 1 TWN 0.02 (leafnode). Fetch is working since I have a file /var/lib/leafnode/groupinfo full of the group names and there are syslog entries. There is an appropriate entry in /etc/inetd.conf, nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode, and also entries in /etc/hosts.allow that was added by the leafnode install. Any help/suggestions are appreciated. John C. Ellingboe www.guntersville.net Content-Description: Card for John Ellingboe -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | PGP key available on request [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --
Re: Need help with Leafnode/Netscape
Dave Swegen wrote: You could try going into /etc/hosts.allow and changing the hostnames for leafnode so that they use numeric values instead (ie change 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1'). HTH Cheers Dave On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 04:03 -0600, John C. Ellingboe wrote: I am unable to connect to my Leafnode server from my workstation running Netscape. I an running a server system with Debian hamm and some slink packages advised by security advisories and a workstation with hamm and some slink packages including Netscape 4.06. I have installed and configured Leafnode version 1.4 on my server system. When I try to connect to it from my workstation system I get the following message from Netscape. An error occurred with the News server. If you are unable to connect again, contact the administrator for this server. Is it right that you are running netscape on a different machine to leafnode? I think by default it blocks all access except access from the same machine (so people out there don't use your machine to spam). If you haven't changed your hosts.allow to include an entry from your workstation (like leafnode: 123.123.123.123), you probably want to. Frankie -- Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff. --Peter de Vries http://www.skunkpussy.freeserve.co.uk - Drum'n'Bass music, samples and links. ICQ://25576761begin:vcard n:;Frankie x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.skunkpussy.freeserve.co.uk adr:;;UK version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-cpt:;-12128 fn:Frankie end:vcard
Need help with Leafnode/Netscape
I am unable to connect to my Leafnode server from my workstation running Netscape. I an running a server system with Debian hamm and some slink packages advised by security advisories and a workstation with hamm and some slink packages including Netscape 4.06. I have installed and configured Leafnode version 1.4 on my server system. When I try to connect to it from my workstation system I get the following message from Netscape. An error occurred with the News server. If you are unable to connect again, contact the administrator for this server. I find Leafnode itself running on the server by using ps ax | grep leaf* which gives 3120 1 TWN 0.02 (leafnode). Fetch is working since I have a file /var/lib/leafnode/groupinfo full of the group names and there are syslog entries. There is an appropriate entry in /etc/inetd.conf, nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode, and also entries in /etc/hosts.allow that was added by the leafnode install. Any help/suggestions are appreciated. John C. Ellingboe www.guntersville.netbegin: vcard fn: John Ellingboe n: Ellingboe;John org:The Guntersville Conputer Center email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] title: Owner x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: Need help with Leafnode/Netscape
Thank to everyone for the help. Leafnode put the workstation system name amd localnode in /etc/hosts.allow. When I put the numerical address in the file everything works fine. I'm sorry for the repost, the return messages got droped into a folder that I wasn't expecting them in. I finally found them. John C. Ellingboe www.guntersville.net Frankie wrote: Dave Swegen wrote: You could try going into /etc/hosts.allow and changing the hostnames for leafnode so that they use numeric values instead (ie change 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1'). HTH Cheers Dave On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 04:03 -0600, John C. Ellingboe wrote: I am unable to connect to my Leafnode server from my workstation running Netscape. I an running a server system with Debian hamm and some slink packages advised by security advisories and a workstation with hamm and some slink packages including Netscape 4.06. I have installed and configured Leafnode version 1.4 on my server system. When I try to connect to it from my workstation system I get the following message from Netscape. An error occurred with the News server. If you are unable to connect again, contact the administrator for this server. Is it right that you are running netscape on a different machine to leafnode? I think by default it blocks all access except access from the same machine (so people out there don't use your machine to spam). If you haven't changed your hosts.allow to include an entry from your workstation (like leafnode: 123.123.123.123), you probably want to. Frankie -- Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff. --Peter de Vries http://www.skunkpussy.freeserve.co.uk - Drum'n'Bass music, samples and links. ICQ://25576761 -- Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTML Mail UK Netscape Conference Address Additional Information: First NameFrankie Version 2.1begin: vcard fn: John Ellingboe n: Ellingboe;John org:The Guntersville Conputer Center email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] title: Owner x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard
